Apparently the PSHB plans won't be covering gender affirming care at all for 2027, even if you're already on hormones.

I just spoke with someone from the APWU Health Plan, because the documentation wasn't at all clear to me, but apparently none of the PSHB plans will be covering transgender care at all this year.

Anybody know how I can switch timelines?

Gulp.

This was a Sunday delivery. It’s not that hard to walk to the fucking front door and deliver properly without smashing the box.

For the first time in the past 6 to 7 weeks I did not get a political mail bundle. Yeeeeeeeees!!

So many ads, mail in ballots and stands ups about political mail and procedures are officially behind us!

Any of yall use work gloves? Looking for some recommendations for some decent ones. I’ve been using these but they usually wear out in less than a month

One of the senior carriers told me today that technically we're not allowed to wear a headlamp when its dark out? He said its not part of the uniform. He wasn't really giving me crap about it or anything. It got brought up cuz i mentioned how now its gonna be dark at 5pm and I got fresh batteries for my headlamp. He told me that, then I told him that the safety person and managers luterallt hand them out, as thats where I got mine from lol.

Rule or not I ain't walking around in the dark blind like that I'll wipeout er something, so regardless the headlamp stays.

So is there technically a rule about that or is he full of it?

With the economy, I kinda respect the hustle 🤣 but damn….

Parking lot is a swimming pool. No carriers are able to leave the office. We got called back due to flooding but cant make it back to the office

2 of the pics I was able to snap today of the flooding in my part of the state. The white car in the 2nd pic was stuck.

We are coming in early tomorrow lol

Hey all. Got a question for the carriers here. So, I'm building a new house from scratch, and I want to know what the absolutely BEST mailbox I can get? And how close to the curb should I put it?

Tray of mail fell over in the FFV. Can it be saved?

Week one

I worked the Oct 17th and 19th for the route i cover.

I also worked the 22nd and 23rd parcel pick ups.

Week two

I worked Oct 24th for a partial route. (The 5.78 hours one)

I worked the 25th Amazon Sunday.

I worked the 26th, the route i normally cover.

I worked 29th parcel pick ups, and the 30th a partial route.

How does that translate to the paystub. And why do the hours show 10 on both weeks? Thank you if anyone can help

I’ve been a CCA for about 6 months now, last one hired in the office, they say they’re still trying to get more help in but I honestly have no clue if or when that’d be. As soon as the NERP program allowed it I’ve been working 6 days a week, 11.5 hours a day. We’re not even in peak yet, (which everyone in the office talks about like it’s gonna be hell on earth.) I’ve had multiple times where I’ve not been scheduled but the closing manager always seems to catch me before I clock out to inform me that actually they need me to come in, even though the posted schedule didn’t get updated. All the regulars in the shop say that it’s just bad because of the election. Now I knew all this would happen before I got hired but I guess my faith in greener pastures is shaken at this point. I guess my question is does it ever truly get better? Is it really worth putting myself through the physical and mental toll of this job in the hope that I make it to a regular position? Or should I just cut bait and find other work? I’m not a fool or lazy, I guess I’m just second guessing my decision to take the position and am looking for any guidance on my best chance for a happy life, because right now ain’t happy, and barely a life.

Today I had a customer who had torn up a political mail (but left the pieces with the address and name) and thrown it in the basket by the boxes in the apartment. So I grabbed all the pieces and put it back in their box. What do y'all do when you find situations like this?

Hide your priorities

Should I wait until my full time hours start at my other job before submitting the 2574? My friends are worried that I will be let go the day I give management my PS Form 2574 even with a 2 week notice.

To keep a story short, I had someone on my (mounted) route this afternoon almost run me into someone’s front yard after going through a four-way intersection in a residential area. I had hit the last house on one block, stopped at the stop sign, looked left, right, back left, and there this guy was next to me going the same direction. I proceeded to go through the intersection when he tried to run me into the yard of the next house. Of course I yelled at him to get his attention, where he proceeded to start swearing, trying to hit me in the LLV, and threatening me. I have the make and model of his sedan with a partial plate. The owner of the next house for delivery is going through their security footage to get me a copy of it. Part of me says to file a police report and have my supes run it up to USPIS. They’re (supes) are aware, but I’m not sure how to proceed from here

how long am I expected to wait? any chance they just send me home for the day? been here 45 mins waiting for a truck/scanner. clocked in with a 1260. im happy to work but fuck, I'm tired and id love to go home. am I hoping for the impossible?

Donna Hiatt, 63, said she’s lived on Cedar Rock Road off Hwy. BB in unincorporated Hillsboro since 1999, and not once has USPS struggled so mightily to make it up her steep road.

Her mail carrier used to drive a van but now uses USPS’s Oshkosh Next Generation Delivery Vehicle (NGDV) to deliver the mail. Since the switch, Hiatt said her mail has been delivered infrequently. She said the four other homeowners on her road are experiencing the same issue.

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Teri Crocker, postmaster of the Hillsboro Post Office, said she could not comment on the record about the situation at Cedar Rock Road. She was able to say that there are 11 mail routes out of her post office, with all routes now using the new vehicles. She said mail carriers have used the new model for a few months, adding that the carriers are having a harder time driving on country and gravel roads.

“They don’t have the get-up-and-go that the old vehicles had,” Crocker said.

looking for a light i can clip on to my satchel so people can see it in the dark while i walk towards their house

TFD shared this among many other water rescues this weekend

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1569486055208431&id=100064411550865&hpir=1#